Major supermarkets Aldi, Woolworths and Coles have recently increased the price of their homebrand milk by 10 cents a litre, putting two litres of milk at $2.39; but dairy farmers say it’s still not enough.
David Janke, who milks 320 dairy cows each day just outside of Toowoomba, says they need to charge more as costs for farmers have doubled this drought.
He says that this time last year they were getting hay delivered for $400 a tonne but this year the price has shot up to $750 a tonne.